Nail holding and delivering device.



M. L. SNYDER.

NAH. HOLDING AND DELIVERING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 8,1915.

Patented Feb. 8, 1916.

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NAIL HOLDING AND DELIVERING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED IUNEB, I915.

Patented. Feb. 8, 1916.

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MARTIN L. SNYDER, OF TORRINGTON, WYOMIlll'G.

. NAIL HOLDING AND DELIVERING DEVICE.

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ments in nail holding and delivering devices, and the invention isdesigned for the purpose of providing adevice tov be used by carpenters,mechanics, and others in order that they may have free access to, and beprovided with, nails, one at a time so that the nails maybe used asdesired, and labor and time saved by the operator.

The invention consists in certain novel combinations and arrangements.of parts whereby a device of the above character is provided, as willbe more fully set'forth and specified in the claims. y

In the accompanying drawings I have illustrated one complete example,and amodified form of the. inventiomconstructed according to the bestmodes I have so far devised for the practical application of theprinciples of. the invention, but it will be understood that I may makefurther changes and alterations if desired, within the scope of myclaims, without departing from the spirit'of my invention.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a specially devised trough from whichthe na1ls arereceived, and a portion of the nail magazine is shown inconnection with this trough.-

Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the trough of Fig. 1, on line 22, aportion being shown in section. Fig. 3 is a top plan view of a portionof Fig.1. Fig. 4 is a front elevation of the nozzle portion of thetrough of Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the feeding device.Fig. 6 is a top plan view of a portion of the feeding device, enlarged;F ig. 7 is a fragmentary sectional detail view showing the magazine inposition to deliver nails to the feeding device. Fig. 8

is a perspective view showing the magazine 1 and feeding device carriedby'a belt adapted to be worn by the person using the device.

In the preferred embodiment of my in vention, as illustrated in thedrawings, I

employ a trough or receptacle 1, preferably supported upon legs 22, andthis trough has inclined side walls 8, which converge at Specificationof Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 8, 1916.

Application filed June 8, 1915. Serial No. 32,889.

their lower ends and providethe open bot tom or slot 4, which extendsthe full length of the trough. It will be seen that the rear end of thetrough is closed by a wall 5, but the front end isleft open, and theside walls converge and'projectv out in front of the trough 'to form anozzle 6, which is a continuation of the slotted or open bottom 4.

Within the'nozzle the side walls thereof are provided with horizontalflanges or ribsi as 77 which are continued on a line with the edges 8 ofthe trough.

From this description'it will be seen that when nails are droppedindiscriminately into the trough, the shanks of thenails will passthrough the slots or open bottom 4,

but the larger heads' will not pass through this slot, and consequentlythe nails assume.

an upright position in the open bottom 4, and the side walls l of thetrough guide the shanks of the nails while the edges 8 support the headsof the nails. The edges of the open bottom of the trough are incl1ned asshown, and it will be seen that the nails will slidedown this incline bygravity and pass through the nozzle 6 with the heads of the nailssupported onthe flanges 7.

In connection with this trough I employ a magazine which is composed ofa tube 9, preferably of metal, and provided in its lower edge with aslot 10 which extends throughout the length of the tube. slot 10 is thesame width as-the slot 4 in'the I trough 1, and the magazine tube v9, asshown in Fig. 1, is of a size tofit over the nozzle 6 of the trough. Themagazine is adapted to receive nails, while they hang by their heads ina vertical position, from the edge 8 of the trough 1; ;For this purposethe open end of the magazine 9 is slipped over the end of the nozzle6,,as in Fig. 1.; At the endofthe magazine9, a spring detent 11' isprovided whichoverhangs the open end of tent projects in front of theopen-end of the slot 10, when the spring detent 11 is in normalposition. When in this normal position, the spring detent is in positionto prevent exit of the nails from the magazine tube, inasmuch as itobstructs the slot .10, and is in the way of any nail heads in the tube.The spring detent. carries a finger 12 which projects out in frontthereof, and this finger 12 is adapted to engage and ridev upon aninclined face 13 of the side walls of the nozzle or spout of thetrough 1. Thus, when the tube 9 is applied to the nozzle,'the detentThis ' the magazine, and the lower end of this de- 12 is automaticallywithdrawn from in front of the slot 10, and nails whichare supported bytheir heads within the trough 1 may be transferred by gravity from thetrough to the magazine tube. In this manner the 'magazine tube 9 may befilled with nails which stand upright and are supported within the tube9 by the heads of the nails which extend over the edges of the slot 10and support the nails.

In connection with the magazine tube, I employ a feed chute 14, which ismade up of two parallel side members 15 which are spaced apart to form aslot 16 which is of a size sufficient to permit the shank of the similarto the edges 13 of the nozzle 6. In

Fig. 7, the tube 9 is shown delivering nails to'the chute, and it willbe seen that the finger 12 has ridden up on the inclined surface 19 andwithdrawn the detent 11 from in front of the slot 10 of the tube 9, sothat the nails may slide from the magazine tube 9 into the chute 14. Thenails in the chute are supported with their heads resting upon the upperedges of the plates 15, and they are retained in the chute by means of aspring pressed two-armed detent which is pivoted at 20 on the bracket18. The arm 21 of this detent is provided with a head 22 having a camedge 23, and the arm 24 of this detent is provided with a similar head25, but in this instancethere is no necessity for the use of the camface. The detent is pivoted at 20 and is adapted to swing horizontallyon its pivot. The two heads 22 and 25 are located upon a lower planethan the pivot 20, so that they can pass through slots 26 and 27,respectively, located in the plates 15. In Fig. 6 it will clearly beseen that these heads 22, 25 are off-set from each other so thatone'movement of the detent will permit the ejection from the chute of anail.

,A spring 28 is attached at one end to the detent, and at its other endto the diverging wall 29 of the chute.

A second wall 29 forms a guide for the fingers whenseeking a nail. Thus,when it is desired to take a nail from the chute, the fingers areinserted between the two guides 29-29 and the spring 28 is pressed 7upon which moves the detent to the left, as

it swings on its pivot 20. The normal position of the spring detent, isshown in Fig. 5, where the head 25 projects through the slot 27 andcloses the open end of the slot 16 and thus holds the nails in thechute. The detent is held in this position by the spring 28. Whenpressure is applied to the spring and the detent swings on its pivot 20,the head 25 is withdrawn from the nail, and the cam face 23 of the head22 contacts with the shank of the nail and ejects the nail from thechute into the waiting fingers. As soon as pressure isreleased from thespring 28, the detent is returned to normal position and the next nailis held at the mouth of the chute 16. Thus, one nail at a time isejected and furnished, and the operator, after suflicient practice, willbecome expert in movements and motions necessary to procure the nailfrom the chute.

In Fig. 8, I have illustrated an adaptation of the device to a belt 30to be worn upon the body of the wearer and provided with a suspendingstrap 31. In this instance, .the magazine tube 9 is fastened at 32 tothe belt and extends around the belt. Thechute 14 is attached to themagazine 9, and the ejecting device is indicated as a whole-by thenumber 33.

From this description, taken in connection with my drawings, it isapparent that I have provided ,a nail holding and feeding device whichis facile and eflicient in its operation, which is durable, and whichperforms the functions of a perfect device in a proficient manner.

What I claim is 1. The combination with a nail holding and feedingdevice having a trough and a nozzle on the trough with a cam edge, of amagazine adapted to receive nails from said trough and provided with aspring detent co-acting with the cam edge, and a chute having a springpressed detent for ejecting a singl nail.

' 2. In a nail holding and feeding device the combination with a slottedmagazine tube having a spring detent overhanging its open end and formedwith a finger, of an open bottom gravity feeding nozzle having an uppercam edge for 'co-action with MARTIN L. SNYDER.

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